L&N GP38-2 #6035 was built July 1979 and would later become CSX 2686

Nine year old SCL U36B #1780 would later become CSX 5732

Trains 341 & 342 were two of the hottest trains on the railroad during their existence. These trains operated in the midwest to Florida corridor and were usually all piggybacks, with autoracks mi... (more)

Southern Railway FP7A #3499, with a greeting from the brakeman and flying white "extra" flags, leads a westbound New Georgia Railroad excursion train (Extra 3499 West) out of the yard and down Roo... (more)

Southern Railway U23B #3939, idling behind the huge Swift Textile Mill complex. In 2010, the Swift Mill is closed, its production lost to foreign countries and its employees NAFTA'd out of a job.... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line GP16 #4620, on the shop track, awaiting use as lead unit on the Wadley(AL) Turn (trains 588/587). #4620 was built November 1955 as Seaboard Air Line GP9 #1920; later re# SCL 1... (more)

Bay Line GP38 #511 is tied down on the spur serving Golden Peanut. This facility prepares "candy grade" peanuts for shipment all over the United States. These peanuts tend to be larger and tend to... (more)

Louisville & Nashville SD40-2 #3556, along with a C30-7/U30C pair of GE's, hustle Kentucky coal southbound towards Atlanta. #3556 later became CSX #8184. CSX selected the unit for its SD40-3 reb... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line GP40 #1581, built December 1969, would become Seaboard System 6736, then CSX 6736. Unit left roster and became Kansas City Southern #4748

Illinois Central SD40A #6020 was built January 1970 and later became Illinois Central Gulf #6020. Unit left roster and became SOO #6408

SCL train #336 is arriving at Manchester Yard for its usual, late afternoon crew change. Early am the next morning, the new crew will step off this train in the ICG portion of East Thomas Yard in... (more)

Burlington Northern GP38AC #2138 ready to depart for Pensacola, Florida. Burlington Northern GP38AC #2138 was built in April 1971 as Frisco #661. Later re# to Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2138.

L&N train 414 is coupling up to its caboose and is about to move the consist and cab to Proctor Street to mark off. After being worked in Montgomery, 414 will become Western Railway of Alabama tr... (more)

Southern Railway GP50 #7012 is southbound at track speed as it passes Peagram Shops on its journey to Macon, GA and eventually Jacksonville, FL

Bay Line GP9 #512, in service on the Abbeville & Grimes branch, on the Golden Peanut spur. #512, was built in 1956 as C&O 6085.